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Ophioglossum Bergianum. Schl. Adum. 10; Kunze, Linnaea, 10,487;, 
Hk. Icon. PI. plate 263; Pappe and Rawson, 48; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 
176; Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. 447; Sim, Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 
236 ; C. Chr. Index , 469. 
Ophioglossum pygmaeum. Bergius. 
Cape Colony only, and very rare; probably often overlooked.. 
West. — Seaside of Lion’s Mountain beyond Sea Point (Bergius,. 
Harvey, W. C. Faure); in turf near Kuil’s River (Pappe); Table 
Mountain (R. Schl. 1017); Wynberg (R. Schl. 1058); Lanimkraal, 
Clanwilliam (R. Schl. 10,843). 
196. Ophioglossum lusitanicum Linn. 
Plate 168 A. 
Fertile frond three-quarter to one and a half inches high, 
including the spike, which is one-third inch long, with about 
six pairs of capsules, and surmounted by a flattened leafy 
point. Barren frond rising from the fertile above the base,, 
shortly petioled, one-half to three-quarter inch long, two lines 
wide, linear-lanceolate. Roots few, fleshy ; rootstock not 
descending. This is Schlechter’s 989 referred to under O. 
Beigianum , and the one which he distributed under that name. 
O. lusitanicum. Linn. Sp. 2, 1063 ( 1753 ); Hk. and Bkr, Syn. Fil. y 
in part; C. Chr. Ind. 471. 
Western Europe, Canaries, Mediterranean, and South 
Africa ; probably often overlooked. 
West. — Constantiaberg, near Houtsbay, 250 ft alt. (R. Schl. 989). 
197. Ophioglossum nudicaule Linn. fil. 
Plate 168 B. 
Rootstock descending, fleshy ; roots numerous. Fronds 
several, the barren segment ovate, three-quarter to one inch 
long, one-half inch wide, shortly stalked, rising from the lower 
portion of the fertile peduncle which is one to one and a half 
inches long, slender, and bearing a one-third inch spike of six 
to seven pairs of capsules, surmounted by a single acute point. 
Differs from O. capense in its small size, in having the fertile 
and sterile segments united near the base instead of higher 
up, and in the barren segment being more distinctly stalked. 
